Cradle.



No. 634,147. Patented on. 3, I899. D. E. MORRIS.

CRADLE.

(Application filed bet. 2a, 1398.

(No Model.)

UNITED STATES PATENT Price.

DANIEL ELMORE MORRIS, OF lVILLETTE, TENNESSEE.

CRADLE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 634,147, dated October 3, 1899.

Application filed October 29,1898. Serial No. 694,963. (No model.)

To all whom, it may concern:

Be it kn own that LDANIEL ELMORE Monais, a citizen of the United States, residing at Willette, in the county of Macon and State of Tennessee, have invented a new and useful Cradle, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to cradles, and particularly to a combined cradle and crib, and has for its object to provide a simple, compact, and efficient construction and arrangement of parts whereby the device may be readily converted from a crib to a cradle, or vice versa, and either mounted for rocking movement or for swinging movement, and, furthermore, to provide a simple and eflicient construction of fan mechanism operated by the body of the cradle or criband adjustable to cause the desired amplitude of movement of the fan-holding devices.

Further objects and advantages of this invention will appear in the following description, and the novel features thereof will be particularly pointed out in the appended claims.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a perspective view of an apparatus constructed in accordance with my invention, showing the crib or body portion mounted for rocking movement. Fig. 2 is a transverse section showing in full lines the parts in the position illustrated in Fig. 1 and indicating in dotted lines the position of the crib or body portion when mounted for swinging movement. Fig. 3 is a partial longitudinal section showing the adj ustment of the parts when the crib or body portion is locked against swinging or rocking movement.

Similar numerals of reference indicate corresponding parts in all the figures of the drawings.

The base or supporting frame of the apparatus embodying my invention consists of end frames 1 and stationary uprights 2, the latter being preferablyconnected by longitudinal tie-rods 3 to insure strength. The end frames are constructed at their upper edges to form horizontal rocker-bearin gs 4, designed to constitute surfaces upon which the rockers 5 of the crib or body portion 6 may be operated, and in order to prevent sliding or displacement of the rockers when mounted upon said bearing-surfaces 4 I provide the latter with upwardly-extending holding-pins 7, engaging through flared slots 8 in the rocker, as clearly shown in Fig. 2.

The frame of the crib or body portion is provided at its heads with hooks 9, adapted for engagement with suspending-pins 10, projecting inwardly from the uprights 2, when it is desired to support the crib or body portion for swinging movement, as indicated in dotted lines in Fig. 2, in preference to mounting the same with its rockers upon the bear ing-surface for rocking movement, as indicated in Fig. 1 and in full lines in Fig. 2. The interval between the bearing-surfaces at and the suspending-pins 10 is greater than the interval between the bearing-surfaces of the rockers and the hooks 9, whereby when the hooks are engaged with the suspendingpins the rockers 5 are held out of contact with the bearing-surfaces at, and when the rockers are mounted upon said bearing-surfaces the hooks are disposed sufficiently below the plane of the suspending-pins 10 to allow free rocking movement of the crib.

In order to impart either rocking or swinging movement to the crib or body portion, I have provided an operating footlever 11, having a foot-rest 12, mounted upon asuitable bracket 13 on one of the end frames 1, said lever, or preferably the foot-rest thereof, being of sectional construction, with a folding member 12 hinged to the other member,whereby it may be folded within the contour of the supporting-frame when the apparatus is not in use.

Mounted for oscillatory movement upon one of the uprights 2 is a fan-operating arm 14, having a terminal segmental rack 15 for engagement with a pinion 16, mounted upon a supporting-arm 17, which extends inwardly from said upright 2, the pinion 16 being attached to a rock-shaft 18, carrying a fanholder 19. A fan 20 of any suitable construction may have its stem fitted in said holder and secured by means of a set-screw 21 orits equivalent, whereby as the rack-carrying arm 14 is oscillated by the means hereinafter described oscillatory motion will be communi-.

cated to the pinion 16 and therefore to the fan-holder to swing the fan transversely above the occupant of the crib. In the drawings the lower end of the operating-arm ltis provided with a wrist-pin 22, fitted in a slot 23 in the frame of the crib, as in a vertical bar 2+1: thereof, and in order that the throw of the segmental rack may be varied to impart a swinging movement of more or less amplitude to the fan I provide said lever with a series of bearings 25 for the reception of a spindle 26, forming the fulcrum of said lever. Obviously this spindle may be fitted in either of a plurality of threaded sockets 26, formed in the inner side of the upright 2, to correspond with the openings 25 in the lever. Also in connection with the above-described construction I employ a locking device for securing the crib or cradle against swinging or rocking movement, the same consisting of a button 27, fulcru med upon one of the uprights 2 and adapted to engage an elongated opening or slot 28 in the end of the crib or body portion 6, preferably in the bar 24 thereof.

In the construction illustrated the fan-operating lever It is mounted for swinging movement in a plane inside of the. contiguous head of the crib, and the pitman or connect ing rod 29, by which the inner end of the footlever 11 is connected with the crib or body portion, may be arranged either within or without the other head; but the heads of the crib should be provided with suitable guards or shields (not illustrated in the drawings) for preventing the hands of the occupant of the crib from coming in contact with said parts.

It will be seen that the parts of the apparatus above described are so arranged that the crib or body portion may be mounted for either swinging or rocking movement, and that in either case the connection of the fan mechanism is such as to cause the proper operation thereof, owing to the slot in which the wrist-pin of the fan-operating lever is arranged.

It will be understood that in order to facilitate the transportation and storage of the apparatus embodying myinvention the frame and rocking member thereof may be constructed of sections, as in the ordinary practice and as indicated in the drawings, the side, end, and bottom frames of the rocking member being separable and being secured in their operative relations by means of bolts or the equivalents thereof, and the operating mechanism may be detachably mounted upon the frame, as by providing the bracket 17 with a depending arm 17, secured by bolts or otherwise to the uprights also, the up- 7 rights 2 may be secured to hangers t, de-

pending from the end cross-bars 40f the stationary or supporting frame, the longitudinal brace-rods 4 by which the lower extremities of said uprights are connected, being extended through said hangers. Also various other changes in the form, proportion, and the minor details of construction may be resorted to without departing from the spirit or sacrificing any of the advantages of this invention.

Having described my invention, what I claim is 1. The combination of a supporting-frame having parallel rocker-bearings and uprights provided with suspending-pins, a crib provided with rockers and hooks, the hooks being spaced from the bearing-faces of the rockers at an interval less than that between said rocker-bearings of the frame and the suspending-pins, a fan, an arm pivoted to the supporting-frame and operatively connected with the fan, and a pin-and-slot connection between the crib and the said operating-arm to allow for the different positions of the crib, substantially as set forth.

2. In combination,a supporting-frame having rocker-bearin gs and uprights, a crib provided with rockers, means applied to the crib and upright-s for suspending the crib clear of the rocker-bearings, a fan, an arm pivoted to the supporting-frame and operatively connected with the fan,and a pin-and-slot connection between the crib and the said operating-arm to allow for the different positions of the crib, substantially as described.

The combination with a supporting frame, anda crib mounted thereon for oscillation, of a fan-supporting rock-shaft mounted upon the supporting-frame and havinga pinion, a fan-operating lever having a fulcrumpin adjustable longitudinally of the lever, to vary the relative lengths of the arm of said lever, the lever being provided with a segmental rack meshing with said pinion, and a wrist-pin carried by the lever and engaged with a slot in the crib, substantiallyas specifled.

4-. The combination with a supportingframc, and a crib mounted thereon for oscillation, of an adjustable spindle, a fan-operating lever provided with a longitudinal series of bearings to receive said spindle, and having a segmental rack, a fan-supporting rock-shaft mounted upon the supportingframe and having a pinion meshing with said raclgand a wrist-pin carried by the operatinglever and engaged with a slot in the crib, substantially as specified.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own I have hereto affixed my signature in the presence of two witnesses.

DANIEL ELMORE -MORRIS.

Vitnesses:

DON Q. SMITH, \VAL'IER MONTGOMERY.

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